# Strategy for Prompt and Effective Thoracentesis in the Emergency Department

> **NCT06180603** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of Aarhus** · enrollment: 188 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusion
- Pleural Diseases
- Heart Failure

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Gravity fluid drainage in the radiology department
- **PROCEDURE:** Manual drainage in the emergency department

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06180603
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Aarhus
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2024-01-15
- **Primary completion:** 2025-11-30
- **Final completion:** 2025-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 188 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-05

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06180603

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06180603, "Strategy for Prompt and Effective Thoracentesis in the Emergency Department". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06180603. Licensed CC0.

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